The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (, MINJUSDH) of Peru is the government ministry charged with advising the President of Peru in judicial matters. The ministry is responsible of the national prison system as well as the state's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church in Peru.

The minister of justice is Juan Alcántara Medrano since May 2025.

History In 2011, a Vice Ministry for Human Rights was created, resulting in the ministry adopting its current name.

Organisation General Secretariat Vice Ministry of Justice Directorate-General of Regulatory Development and Regulatory Quality Directorate-General of Criminological Affairs Directorate-General of Justice and Religious Freedom Directorate-General of Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Personal Data Protection Vice Ministry of Human Rights and Access to Justice Directorate-General of Public Defense and Access to Justice Directorate-General of Human Rights Directorate-General for the Search for Missing Persons

Entities administered by the ministry include: General Archive of the Nation (AGN) National Superintendent of Public Registration (SUNARP) National Penitentiary Institute (INPE)

List of ministers Minister Term PresidentMinisters of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1845–1852)José Gregorio Paz-Soldán y Ureta 1845–1848 Ramón CastillaMatías León Cárdenas 1848Felipe Pardo y Aliaga 1848–1849Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros de la Mata 1849Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Charity and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1852–1856)Bartolomé Herrera Vélez 1851–1852 José Rufino EcheniqueAgustín Guillermo Charún 1852–1853 José Manuel Tirado 1853José Luis Gómez-Sánchez Rivero 1853 Blas José Alzamora Seminario 1854–1855Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza 1855Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo 1855Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Charity (1856–1862)Jervasio Álvarez y Montaño 1856–1857 Ramón Castilla Luciano María Cano y Dávila 1857–1859José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso 1859–1860Juan Oviedo 1860–1862Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1862–1896)Manuel Pablo Olaechea 1896–1897 Nicolás de Piérola José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo 1897–1898José Jorge Loayza 1898–1899Eleodoro Romero Salcedo 1899–1900 Eduardo López de Romaña Ezequiel Vega 1900Pedro Carlos Olaechea 1900Rafael Villanueva Cortez 1900–1901Anselmo Barreto León 1901Lizardo Alzamora Mayo 1901–1902 José Viterbo Arias 1902 Telémaco Orihuela 1902Francisco José Eguiguren Escudero 1903–1904 Manuel CandamoJorge Polar Vargas 1904–1906 José Pardo(1.º gov.)Carlos A. Washburn Salas 1906–1908Manuel Vicente Villarán Godoy 1908–1909 Augusto B. Leguía(1.º gov.) Matías León Baltazara 1909–1910 Antonio Flores Rondón 1910José Salvador Cavero Ovalle 1910 Antonio Flores Rondón 1910Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1911–1935)Agustín G. Ganoza y Cavero 1911–1912 Augusto B. Leguía(1.º gov.) Francisco Moreyra y Riglos 1912–1913 Guillermo BillinghurstAlfredo Solf y Muro 1913Carlos Paz Soldán y Benavides 1913–1914Rafael Grau Cavero 1914 Óscar R. Benavides(1.º gov.) Luis Julio Menéndez 1914Aurelio Sousa y Matute 1914 Daniel Isaac Castillo 1914–1915 Plácido Jiménez 1915Wenceslao Valera Olano 1915–1917 José Pardo(2.º gov.)Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño 1917–1918Ángel Gustavo Cornejo Bouroncle 1918–1919Federico Panizo Orbegoso 1919Arturo Osores Cabrera 1919 Augusto B. Leguía(2.º gov.)Alberto Salomón Osorio 1919–1920 Óscar C. Barrós Mesinas 1920–1922Julio E. Ego-Aguirre 1922–1924Alejandrino Maguiña 1924–1926Pedro M. Oliveira 1926–1929 J. Matías León Carrera 1929–1930José Angel Escalante 1930 Arturo Zapata Vélez 1930 Manuel M. Ponce B.(Junta Militar) Armando Sologuren 1930 Luis Sánchez Cerro(Junta Militar)José Luis Bustamante y Rivero 1930–1931Elías Lozada Benavente 1931José Gálvez Barrenechea 1931 David Samanez Ocampo(Junta Nacional)Guillermo Garrido Lecca 1931–1932 Eufrasio Álvarez 1932 Luis Sánchez CerroCarlos Sayán Álvarez 1932Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo 1932 Alberto Ballón Landa 1932 Wenceslao Delgado 1932 Wenceslao Delgado 1932–1933 Óscar R. Benavides(2.º gov.)Daniel Olaechea y Olaechea 1933José de la Riva Agüero y Osma 1933–1934Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña 1934Carlos Arenas y Loayza 1934–1935Ernesto Montagne Markholz 1935Ministers of Justice and Worship (1935–1942) Wenceslao Delgado 1935–1936 Óscar R. Benavides(2.º gov.)Diómedes Arias Schreiber 1936Felipe de la Barra 1936–1937Diómedes Arias Schreiber 1937–1939Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen 1939José Félix Aramburú y Salinas 1939Mariano Lino Cornejo 1939–1942 Manuel Prado Ugarteche(1.º gov.)Ministers of Ministers of Justice and Labour (1942–1949)Mariano Lino Cornejo 1939–1943Manuel Prado Ugarteche(1.º gov.)Manuel C. Gallagher y Canaval 1943–1944Manuel Cisneros Sánchez 1944–1945Luis Alayza y Paz Soldán 1945José Luis Bustamante y RiveroIsmael Bielich Flores 1945–1947José R. Alzamora Freundt 1947 Armando Artola del Pozo 1947–1948 Alejandro Villalobos Carranza 1948 José León Barandiarán 1948 Marcial Merino 1948–1949 Junta Militar Armando Artola del Pozo 1949Ministers of Justice and Worship (1949–1981) Augusto Romero Lovo 1949–1950 Junta MilitarAlberto Freundt Rosell 1950–1952Manuel A. OdríaAlejandro Freundt Rosell 1952–1955Félix Huamán Izquierdo 1955–1956Augusto Thorndike Galup 1956–1958Manuel Prado Ugarteche(2.º gov.)Manuel Cisneros Sánchez 1958 Ulises Montoya Manfredi 1958–1959 Raúl Gómez de la Torre Tamayo 1959–1960 José Merino Reyna 1960–1961Geraldo Arosemena Garland 1961–1962 Juan Orrego Aguinaga 1962–1963 Junta de goviernoLuis Bedoya Reyes 1963Fernando Belaunde Terry(1.º gov.) Emilio Llosa Ricketts 1963–1965 Carlos Fernández Sesarego 1965Valentín Paniagua Corazao 1965–1966Roberto Ramírez del Villar Beaumont 1966Javier de Belaúnde Ruiz de Somocurcio 1966–1967 Luis Rodríguez Mariátegui Proaño 1967 José Morales Urresti 1967–1968 Luis Lazarte Ferreyros 1968Guillermo Hoyos Osores 1968Elías Mendoza Habersperger 1968 Alfonso Navarro Romero 1968–1969Juan Velasco Alvarado Luis Vargas Caballero 1969–1975Felipe Osterling Parodi 1980–1981Fernando Belaunde TerryMinisters of Justice (1981–2011)Enrique Elías Laroza 1981–1982 Fernando Belaunde Terry(2.º gov.) Armando Buendía Gutiérrez 1982–1983Ernesto Alayza Grundy 1983–1984Max Arias-Schreiber Pezet 1984 Alberto Musso Vento 1984–1985Luis Gonzales Posada 1985–1986 Alan García(1.º gov.) Carlos Blancas Bustamante 1986–1988 Gonzalo Durand Aspíllaga 1988 Camilo Carrillo Gómez 1988 César Delgado Barreto 1988–1989 María Bockos Heredia de Grillo [1st female] 1989–1990 Joffré Fernández Valdivieso 1990 Augusto Antonioli Vásquez 1990–1991 Alberto Fujimori Fernando Vega Santa Gadea 1991–1996 Carlos Eduardo Hermoza Moya 1996–1997 Alfredo Quispe Correa 1997–1999 María Carlota Valenzuela de Puelles 1999 Jorge Bustamante Romero 1999Alberto Bustamante Belaunde 1999–2000Diego García-Sayán Larrabure 2000–2001 Valentín PaniaguaFernando Olivera Vega 2001–2002 Alejandro ToledoFausto Alvarado Dodero 2002–2004Baldo Kresalja Roselló 2004Carlos Gamarra Ugaz 2004–2005Eduardo Salhuana Cavides 2005Alejandro Tudela Chopitea 2005–2006María Zavala Valladares 2006–2007 Alan García(2.º gov.)Rosario Fernández Figueroa 2007–2009Aurelio Pastor 2009–2010Víctor García Toma 2010Rosario Fernández Figueroa 2010–2011Francisco Eguiguren Praeli 2011 Ollanta HumalaMinisters of Justice and Human RightsJuan Jiménez Mayor 2011–2012 Ollanta HumalaEda Adriana Rivas Franchini 2012–2013Daniel Augusto Figallo Rivadeneyra 2013–2015Fredy Otárola Peñaranda 2015Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya 2015Aldo Alejandro Vásquez Ríos 2015–2016María Soledad Pérez Tello de Rodríguez 2016–2017Pedro Pablo KuczynskiEnrique Mendoza Ramírez 2017–2018Salvador Heresi Chicoma2018Martín VizcarraVicente Zeballos Salinas2018–2019Ana Teresa Revilla2019–2020Fernando Castañeda Portocarrero2020Eduardo Vega Luna2020Manuel MerinoDelia Muñoz2020–2021Francisco SagastiAníbal Torres 2021–2022Pedro CastilloÁngel Yldefonso2022Félix Chero2022José Tello Alfaro2022–2023Dina Boluarte2023Eduardo Arana Ysa2023–2025Juan Alcántara Medrano2025–present

See also Council of Ministers of Peru Justice ministry National Police of Peru

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